2017 marks 150 years since the dedication of the Church of St Saviour at Valley End.

Celebrations for the anniversary have included a visit by the Bishop of Guildford
and Open Day on Sunday 16 July, although the actual day of the anniversary falls
on Sunday 23rd July.

Another cause for celebration will be the work being carried out, in 2017, to repair
the St Saviour belfry, designed a century and a half ago by Gothic Revivalist Sir
George Frederick Bodley.

In 1867, when the people of the tucked away hamlet of Valley End celebrated the opening
of a church of their own, GF Bodley was a comparatively young man. Much later in
his life he served as head architect of one of the world’s most imposing churches,
the Washington National Cathedral, in the heart of the American capital.

A blog for the 150 celebration year is telling the history of the parish, people
and place of Valley End.